DARYL
Michonne and me were spotting for Rick and we moved up to our first door.
When he soundlessly pushed it open I quickly scanned the room. Held up one finger before standin aside and taking aim down the hallway.
My head swivelled back, in time to see him grimace when his knife slid through the Saviors skull.
The slightest movement caught the corner of my eye. I watched Nate and Jorge leave one room before heading to their next.
Breath hitched in my throat when I glimpsed the knife she had gripped in her hand. It dripped a tiny spot of blood onto her boot.
'Shouldn't be here doing this, no matter how capable she is. It just ain't right....shouldn't ever have to be this way' I lamented sadly, as they both edged out of sight again.
Silent as ghosts.
*
A couple of minutes later we inched our way down another long corridor with Rick in the lead. The sound of an alarm ripped its way through the deathly silence.
"GO!" He screamed after taking out a guy who ran across a walkway above our heads.
His body fell heavily to the ground about ten yards in front of me.
The noise of automatic gunfire surrounds us now. Can barely hear the alarm over it as the three of us race around the corridors. Takin out Saviors as they try to shoot us.
One guy slammed into my shoulder and then hightailed it straight through a door, trying to pull it shut behind him. Gripping tight I wrench it open. Whip my rifle around and crush his skull with the butt.
Over and over again until he's still.
A long volley of shots came from around the corner. When I sprint towards it I nearly went ass over as my feet slid on the blood spray on the floor.
Lift my rifle to take out the guy who's raising a pistol towards Glenn and Heath....when another gunshot rings out.
"So, this is the next world" Jesus whispered, lowering his own weapon.
We all stand there, taking in the pile of bodies on the ground before us. Remain silent and listen as other muffled gunshots come through. Followed by even more....from outside the building.
Aaron, Sasha, Rosie and Abraham sidle up with weapons at the ready.
There was a rustle and grunt from overhead. Manage to scuttle my ass back just in time before his body hit the ground inches from my feet. Rifle clattering beside him.
When I glare upwards, Nate's face is peering over the guardrails. She mouthed a sheepish 'sorry' to me before climbin over. Jumped, landing lightly on a bank of filing cabinets lining the hall.
Blue reached out, grabbed hold and swung her down until she was standing with the rest of us. Jorge flew around the corner, signing for us to keep looking....searching.
*
A half-hour later, I threw hands up to shield my eyes.
Stoppin the almighty dawn glare when Rick wrenched up a set of roller doors. Revealing the rear courtyard of the complex where half a dozen or so vehicles are parked.
We all spread out into formation and did a sweep of this area as well. Weapons were eventually lowered and everyone stilled. Just staring at each other in sheer relief.
Except....I can't spot Nate!
Spin around again and again almost frantic now. Until I see her stumbling from behind a camper van.
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Home Is Your Heartbeat ('Home Is' Book Two - Daryl Dixon)
FanficSemi-mature. Completed. Book Two picks up immediately from the last chapter of Home is You. Nate is an Aussie girl who was stranded in Georgia during the outbreak. She and fellow traveler Leo joined a group of survivors in Atlanta. Nate got her fi...
